Muscles and the Media: A Natural Experiment Across Cultures in Men’s Body Image
(2020)
Journal Article
Thornborrow, T., Onwuegbusi, T., Mohamed, S., Boothroyd, L. G., & Tovée, M. J. (2020). Muscles and the Media: A Natural Experiment Across Cultures in Men’s Body Image. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 495. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00495
An increasing number of studies are evidencing relationships between the drive for muscularity and potentially harmful behavioral strategies, such as unhealthy dieting and steroid use amongst men in WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Dem... Read More about Muscles and the Media: A Natural Experiment Across Cultures in Men’s Body Image.